Folded paper napkin



May 14, 1929.

H. L. MAGILL FOLDED PAPER NAPKIN Original Filed May 6, 1925 5 5 w W v ,I. Z m r u 0 u z a m w k 2W v 1. A m m ll L l sump fl a l T I,

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This application is filed as a division of my application Serial No. 2%,360, filed May 6, 1925.

My present invention relates to improvements in sheets of folded material, and particularly to fold paper napkins.

The object of the resent invention, as 1llustrated in the drawings and described in the specification, is to provide a sheet of folded material for use as a naplrin with av plurality of non-coextensive sections so arranged as to afford aplurality of ofiset edges which may be easily grasped by the user and the napkin readily unfolded by removing it from a dispenser or superimposed pile by merely lifting the napkin after having grasped it by one of its ofiset edges.

Generally described, in carrying out the invention, a sheet of thin crepe paper material is folded along parallel lines in opposite directions in such a manner as to produce a nuniberofcentrallyarrangedcoextensivepane els or sections with end sections of less extent. The sections thus formed are then folded transversely intermediate their ends or of center so that the non-coextensive end sections are outermost, thus roviding outermost edges which may be easily grasped and the article lifted or removed from a suitable receptacle or st-aclr, during which active removed the naplrin is automatically unfolded and ready for use.

lligure l is a plan view of a sheet of paper showing the lines along which it is folded in carrying out the initial step of my invention;

ll igure 2 is a perspective view showing the naplrin in its completely folded or finished form; and a Figure 3 is a similar" view illustrating a modification thereof, that is, when the folds first formed are afterwards folded off center.

ltteferring to the drawings in detail, a blank sheet of'paper or other material to be used may be of an suitable size. The sheet shown in figure 1 is first folded in opposite directions along substantially parallel lines, indicated by the reference character 10, whereby to malre a fold of the accordion pleat type. With the sheet thus folded there is provided a plurality of substantially coex tensive sections indicated by the reference characters "l2, and non-coextensive end sections 13. The sheet thusfolded forms a long rectangular article which is then folded transversely intermediate its ends, substantially on the line ll, to provide the completed form of the article shown in Figure 2.

, llt will thus be seen that with my invention there is provided a number of centrally arranged coextensive sections 12, with end sections 13 considerably smaller than the centrally arranged sections so as to provide noncoextensive end sections to afford ofiset edges which may be easily grasped by the user in taking the article for use. By providing the non-coextensive end sections at both ends regardless of which direction the parts are fold- .cd transversely, there will always be provided outer sections which are non-coextensive with the centrally arranged ones.

Tn Figure 3 l have shown a modified form. The advantage of this form is that when the article is dispensed from a receptacle through a restricted window or opening such, for example, as a vertical receptacle having a restricted opening in one of its sides, the sheet is folded transversely ofi center, substantially on the line l5, sov that one set of folded sections of the napkin is considerably shorter than the other set to provide ofi'set edges 16 which, in practice, can be easily grasped by the user through the opening or window.

Having thus described my invention, ll claim:

l. ll tissue paper napkin folded into folds .of the accordion-pleat type, and having an end section which is non-coextensive with the adjacent section, the sheet being then folded transversely to cause the non-coextensive end section to be in exposed position to be grasped by the user for unfolding the napkin.

21. A sheet of material folded into a plurality of substantially coextensive sections, and an end section which is non-coextensive with the other sections, the sheet being then 95 folded transversely to cause the non-coextensive end section to lie along one edge at the top and bottom thereof.

3. A stack of sheets each comprising a sheet of material folded into folds of the accordionpleat type and having a free and non-interlocking end section which is narrower than till fill

the other sections, said sheets so folded being then folded transversely, thereby exposing an end section on both sides in a, position to be grasped by the user. 5 4. A tissue paper napkin folded into folds of the accordlompleat type, with an outer section non-coextensive with the adjacent inner section the sheet then being folded transversely with the non-coextensive outer section in exposed position whereby it may be .1 grasped by the user.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 12th day of November, 1925.

HERBERT L. MAGILL. 

